About the role

What will you do at Google?

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

* 8 years of experience programming in C++.

* 5 years of experience testing and launching software products and working

with stakeholders.

* 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure,

distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies,

storage, or hardware architecture.

* 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related

field.

* 10 years of experience in software development.

* 5 years of experience with full stack development, including backend

distributed systems and experience in directly managing people.

* Experience in testing, and launching distributed systems, storage and related

software products.

* Experience in programming languages like Golang and C++.

* Ability to manage a small team of 3-4 engineers as direct reports. Ability to

act as a technical lead/manager for a team, supporting both their technical

growth and career development. Excellent stakeholder management and

communication skills.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change

how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one

another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend

well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from

all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale

system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence,

natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is

growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project

critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as

you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be

versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new

problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Staff Software Engineering to

drive design, development, and operational excellence of network and machine

modeling infrastructure.

In this role, you will

require backend distributed systems expertise, excellent
judgment, and strong stakeholder management skills. You will work closely with
partner teams, external organizations, and engineers from various tool and
infrastructure teams to understand needs, align roadmaps, and ensure the
modeling infrastructure meets the evolving demands of both networking and AI/ML
landscapes. As a key aspect of this role, you will work effectively with
geographically distributed teams.The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining
what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and
insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency,
reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud
customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.
We're behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of
AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and
providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future.
From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading
hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs,
Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations,
systems research, and much more.Individual pay is determined by factors
including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Lead, mentor, and develop a team of high-performing engineers who design and
model the planet-scale networks powering Google's services and those of the
Cloud customers.
* Define and drive the team's technical goals, strategy, and roadmap for
modeling infrastructure, exercising strong technical judgment.
* Guide architectural and design decisions for scalable and reliable service
deployments through active participation.
* Manage project priorities and resources effectively, ensuring timely delivery
of high-quality solutions in a fluid, ambiguous environment.
* Cultivate strong relationships and collaborate effectively with key
stakeholders and a varied set of user teams, while upholding high standards
for system design, code quality, and operational excellence and advocating
best practices for managing and communicating within a remote/hybrid team
structure.

Which skills does this role require?

C++Infrastructure DevelopmentSoftware ArchitectureTeam LeadershipNetwork ModelingAI/MLCloud ComputingMentorshipOperational ExcellenceTechnical StrategyInfrastructureAIMachine LearningCloudTPUVertex AISoftware EngineeringScalabilityReliabilityModelingLeadershipHardware ArchitectureGoGCPProduct Strategy

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